While many countries appear to support the rapid development of mining regulations, others have expressed concern saying we know too little about the damage that seabed mining would cause
Tag: environment
Fiji and SPREP commit to integrated approaches to tackling climate change, biodiversity loss and waste management
Fiji to work with SPREP and Fijian communities to address pressing needs in waste management, climate change and marine resource, and ocean conservation in Fiji
Pacific must be central to UN biodiversity treaty
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty should heed the concerns of the Pacific, say experts. “We don’t have the capacity and resources to implement the treaty.”
Fijian families benefitting from clean energy stoves
Environmental friendly stoves help 800 rural families cut their monthly expenses on gas and kerosene and have access to clean cooking nutrition
U.S. nuclear tests: A haunting nightmare of the Marshallese
U.S. claims it “has an enduring commitment to the Pacific Islands”. However, U.S. nuclear tests conducted in the Marshall Islands is “a matter of human rights and environmental justice.”, writes Xin Ping
Octopus lures from the Mariana Islands found to be oldest in the world
An archaeological study found about 1500 B.C. octopus lures throughout the Mariana Islands
Young African tulip trees inoculated with new bio-agent
African tulip trees that pose a huge threat to biodiversity across the Pacific region were inoculated with a weed-busting mite as a biological control agent
‘This place will crack’: Centuries-old graves threatened by the sea
All down the 200-kilometre southern coast of Fiji’s Viti Levu island, climate change is not just imperilling the dead, but endangering the living.
CSIRO joins deep-sea mining project in Pacific as islands call for industry halt
CSIRO agrees to work with a controversial deep-sea mining project in the Pacific while conservationists say Australia is on ‘wrong side of debate’
Pacific Climate Warriors call on Australian Environment Minister to reject 27 new coal mining developments
Pacific Climate Warriors urged the Australian government to reject 27 new coal mining projects and prove to the Pacific that they truly value Pacific partnership and the survival of Pacific islands